Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

A girl was standing near the window thinking something. All of a sudden she decides something and throws something out of the window. She dies very soon after throwing it. She was perfectly healthy and had no disease or allergy. No one killed her and she did not commit suicide.

Can you think of any possible explanation that is logical as well for what happened there?

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?

A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

What is both possible and impossible at the same time?

If a boy blows 18 bubbles,
Then pops 6 eats 7 and then
He pops 5 and blows 1.
How many are left?

13 decks of cards have been mixed. What is the minimum number of cards that must be taken out from the above-mixed cards to guarantee at least one 'four of a kind?

I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?

I am a type of word that is spelt incorrectly or used differently, on purpose for humour. What am I?
Hint 1: You can find me in a joke.
Hint 2: I am a play on words.

Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?